Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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1339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if people leaving IPAS accommodation in Dublin who have been granted leave to remain, are in employment in Dublin and have children in schools in Dublin, are eligible to access emergency accommodation in Dublin; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20793/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of local authorities in addressing homelessness at local level.

Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless households rests with individual local authorities. Decisions on the assessment of households for homeless services, the most appropriate form of such support, and the allocation of that support are a matter for the local authority concerned. Local authorities and their service delivery partners work closely with all households in need of emergency accommodation to provide appropriate emergency accommodation, and the ultimate aim is to support them to secure an exit to a tenancy.

As the numbers of households being granted international protection or other forms of permission to remain in the state has grown, local authorities have seen increasing presentations from households who have recently left Direct Provision accommodation.

Arrangements have been put in place to support households in Direct Provision with status to exit to alternative accommodation; with a number of NGOs contracted specifically to provide this support. Where a household is eligible for social housing supports, they are supported to apply for social housing, in which case they are added to the social housing list in the relevant local authority. Eligible households can also access Homeless HAP which supports households to secure a tenancy in the private rental market.